Accomplishments: Department of Political Science
Kenneth Miller (Political Science) was interviewed by the Las Vegas Sun to talk about the implications of this week's Georgia Senate runoffs for Nevada senators' legislative efforts in the next Congress.
Aly Hiko and Austin Horng-En Wang (both Political Science) published the article "Out-of-Control COVID-19 Pandemic Hampers the Nationalism" in Political Studies Review. A survey experiment was conducted in the U.S. three months after the COVID19 outbreak and revealed that the priming of the outbreak in the U.S. significantly decreases…
David Damore (Political Science), Robert Lang (The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West), and Fatma Nasoz (Computer Science) provide an analysis of voting on Question 1 and its consequences for higher education reform in their recent commentary piece "The Geography of Higher Education Reform" appearing in the Nevada Current.
Kenneth Miller (Political Science) presented at the Press Club of Cleveland event "Political Professors and Journalists Reflect on the 2020 Election" where he discussed what the election results tell us about public sentiment and the implications for governing and policy in the next Congress.
Ally Beckwith (Political Science, Honors College) recently had a fact sheet on child food insecurity in Nevada counties published through the Data Hub. Her fact sheet focuses on food insecurity experienced by children, and the food budget shortfall in Nevada.
Peter Grema (Economics, Real Estate, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute, Honors College) and Kristian Thymianos (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute) recently had their OpEd, "To Our CCSD Educators, Here’s a Note of Appreciation and Support" published in the Las Vegas Sun. They applaud CCSD teachers…
Martha Lizabeth Phelps (Political Science) participated as a panelist in The Journal of the Plague Year: A Covid-19 Archive workshop on how to use the archive in the classroom. Educators from various backgrounds gathered to discuss the advantages, challenges, and methods of using the journal as an interactive instructional tool. …
Kenneth Miller (Political Science) and David Cohen (Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, University of Akron) spoke to the Economic Club of Las Vegas and participated in the forum "What to Expect on Election Night," where they discussed the electoral landscape, scenarios most likely to unfold, and the systems media outlets use to "…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published the co-authored article "Mobilizing Sophisticated Donors: What Candidate Facebook Posts Do Attract Intra- and Inter-District Donations?" in Issues & Studies. The article exploits a dataset combining a Taiwanese mayor candidate's Facebook posts and all individual donations during the…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published the co-authored article "Influencing Overseas Chinese by Tweets: Text-images as the Key Tactic of Chinese Propaganda" in the Journal of Computational Social Science. The article traced and analyzed thousands of tweets with #USAVirus hashtag and Twitter's decisions to suspend the accounts. The…
Kenneth M. Miller (Political Science) spoke with NPR's Mountain West News Bureau on the potential for a longer wait for resolution of the 2020 presidential election due to the huge wave of early voting and the integrity of the elections process.
Miller and Dan Lee (Political Science) were interviewed by KSNV-TV on likely scenarios for election…
Olivia Cheche (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute) recently had her OpEd, "NSHE, Regents Don’t Deserve Credit for Our Accomplishments" published in the Las Vegas Sun. Her piece discusses how opponents of Question 1 on the Nevada ballot wrongfully claim the successes of students, staff, and faculty as "NSHE"…